MSI Creates new Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming Z SKU due to performance firmware updates

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It has been widely addressed by us already. But AMD created a lot of confusion by changing the specs for the OC/factory tweaked Radeon RX 5600 XT graphics cards. Yesterday we already reported that we would not launch our Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X review as MSI was still finalizing the firmware update.



MSI today dropped that new vBIOS, which we'll test of course, however, they also face the fact that gaming X models already reached the market, creating a lot of confusion. So they decided that the Gaming X model will retain the firmware with just the TGP tweak. And now create another SKU called the Gaming Z, which holds the new performance firmware + a GDDR6 data-rate increase towards 14 Gbps..


RX 5600 XT GAMING Z

Boost

Game

Memory speed

Core Clock

1750 MHz

1615 MHz

14 Gbps


RX 5600 XT GAMING X

Boost

Game

Memory speed

Original BIOS

1620 MHz

1460 MHz

12 Gbps

New BIOS for GAMING X

1750 MHz

1615 MHz

12 Gbps



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